Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The external auditor should review the work of the internal audit staff to determine their effectiveness in assisting management to improve the quality of information that is necessary if they are to monitor satisfactorily the efficiency and effectiveness of the programmes under their charge . |
| 2 | There is extensive empirical evidence to show that if people who are leaving are treated well the quality of the service or product is maintained . |
| 3 | He is the former production manager of British Die Casting which in 1973 employed 143 at Chirton and was quoted in The shields News Guardian on 26 May 1988 as saying : ‘ We are producing double the output of the old British Die Casting with half the work force . ’ |
| 4 | What is a good average for two-colour work , will be hopelessly wrong for four-colour , because we are knitting double the number of rows to obtain the correct pattern , so the additional rows knitted will change the measurement of 40 rows in millimetres . |
| 5 | The marsh has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife . |
| 6 | They occupy the time that seems vacant , as if you were just hanging around doing nothing — but where in reality the well is filling up , where you are gathering together the material that will make up your narrative ; rearranging it , transforming it . |
| 7 | thank you and we see here that erm one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds had been claimed , that one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds thirteen had been received so the insurance cover had paid |
| 8 | In fact there is clear evidence that the meandering creeks that wander across the flats are eating away the sediment again soon after it is deposited ( plate 5.1 ) . |
| 9 | If other variables , such as blood pressure response , exercise duration and induced ventricular ectopics or arrhythmias , are included then the value of the test as a prognostic indicator increases markedly . |
| 10 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 11 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 12 | If an announcement has been prepared then the response to a leak should be more effective than in the event of having to deal with the situation at short notice . |
| 13 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 14 | Shimon Samuels , meanwhile , has been lobbying both the German and French governments , questioning their lack of endeavour in hunting down suspects . |
| 15 | Scenes containing dialogue are frequently shot at this camera range and where two characters are seen together the shot is described as a two-shot . |
| 16 | And if this sounds like a recipe for wanton experimentalism , rest assured that tight guitar-pop limits are imposed so the end result does n't get too wayward . |
| 17 | When their paintings are hung together the dialogue between them is very clear . |
| 18 | And you do n't need to put in the whole amount , but then if you do n't put in the whole amount or you withdraw the net interest which you 're entitled to do then you 're pulling away the build-up are n't you ? |
| 19 | well it 's true , that 's what they 're doing just the while we 're having our tea |
| 20 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 21 | and secondly we say that er we 're setting aside the question of discrimination primary basis section fourteen is an absolute block on it and you ca n't have it more complete er , er undermining of article eighty five and again even if the bad faith point arises , er simply makes it and we say quite clearly excessively difficult to enforce article eighty five |
| 22 | And I 'd say it was better to unblock , because the kids all walk over that bridge now , they 're eroding away the bank , the . |
| 23 | If all 250 rights are sold then the investor will receive ( 0.44 ) 250=110 , which compensates for the loss in value of the existing shares . |
| 24 | You know , you and I today are still reaping , are reaping now the result , the benefits of the blessings that God poured upon Naomi . |
| 25 | We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies . |
| 26 | So now he is my enemy , I have touched his pride , and he has been waiting only the moment to humiliate me … ’ |
| 27 | When the tests are used fairly the interviewer will have been tested himself or herself , and use the results as an indication of , and insurance against , their own prejudices . |
| 28 | Where objectives are used appropriately the model does have some advantages . |
| 29 | While Charles had been withdrawing northward the sloop Prince Charles , formerly , until taken as a prize , His Majesty 's Ship Hazard , had been on its way to him from France with some Irish troops , arms and , most important of all , £13,600 in gold . |
| 30 | " Instead of the children of the working class being subjected to rigorous self-denial in preparation for a life-time in mill or mine , " he writes , " they have been offered instead the promise of the easy and immediate gratification which , in the end , can sabotage human development and achievement just as effectively as the poverty and hunger of the past . " |